KARACHI, June 29: A brilliant century by the Man-of-the-Match opener Hafiz Asad and his first wicket stand worth 153 with Ainan Arif gave Karachi Zone I a thrilling one-wicket victory over Zone III in a high scoring PCB Under-19 match played on Wednesday.

Chasing Zone III’s mammoth 341 for victory, Zone I with Hafiz in tremendous form achieved the almost impossible task with four balls to spare. Hafiz struck 17 fours in his match-winning knock and in process faced 233 balls.

In the other match Zone II overcame Zone IV by 63 runs thanks to an all-round performance by Shamir Khattak who grabbed five wickets for 60 and scored a useful 31 batting lower down the order.

Quetta Region prevailed over Hyderabad Region by 84 runs in another match.

Summarized scores:

Zone II beat Zone IV 63 runs

Zone II 212 (Mubashir Hasan 64, Farhan Rafiq 35, Shahmir Khattak 31; M.Nadeen 5-58)

Zone IV 149 (Affan Ahmed 32 not out; Shamshir Khattak 5-60)

Zone I beat Zone III by one wicket

Zone III 341 for nine (Shan Masood 138)

Zone I 344 for nine (Hafiz Asad 164, Ainan Arif 73).

Zone V beat Zone VII by 183 runs

Zone V 407 (Adnanur Rahman 157)

Zone VII 224 (A.Subhan 55, Tariq Murad 4-62, Tufail Ahmed 4-82).

Quetta beat Hyderabad Region by 84 runs Quetta 183 (Abdur Razzaq 43)

Hyderabad 99 (Muhammad Yousuf 39; Aurangzaib 3-3)